[Locked away from people involved in the labors.]

[unknownrival]

Allen was successfully defeated. Three labors left - Prince Larsa's two swords, Rufus ShinRa's panther, and the Corinthian's cat.

...I don't know if I'm skilled enough to take on any of those locations. But I can't wait. If I can just finish those last three, it'll all be over. Everyone could get their things back, I could rest...

I'll have to be able to do it at my current level of skill, then. It would take a long time to go looking around for a teacher, and there are still people out there who want my head. It's best to finish quickly.

((Translation: Issei's really, really worried about screwing up now.))

Comments

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Yes, hitting a mine with something else doesn't seem to really be the best method of determining whether it's activated or not. At least you're all right.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

I'm hardly "all right," just like the others on my team affected by the blast. I'm just out of the hospital because I refuse to leave my duties and Constable Butt—Danny can't take visitors at this juncture.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

That's an unfortunate last name. You're well enough to type. That's close enough to "all right" for me.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

It's actually "Butterman." I see.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's much better. No one's permanently injured?

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Aside from Danny, no. It was most fortunate.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Then that's good to hear.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes it is.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

As I've said, I wish for your partner's speedy recovery.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

You're one of the strangest criminals I've met in the past seventeen years of my job.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'm a very good criminal.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Well, you have yet to be caught. That either makes you very stupid, very lucky, or very dangerous.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go with 'dangerous' on the grounds that it's the one that makes me laugh the most.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Thievery, vandalism, and God only knows what else is hardly a laughing matter.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Thievery, vandalism, and breaking-and-entering. And I never said that part of it was. I just said considering me dangerous is laughable.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

You're going to have a felony record out the ass by the time this is all over with, you know.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I guess so. I can deal with that.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

You'll have problems finding housing, jobs, all sorts of things if you're caught. You do realise this, right?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Don't you think I know that what I'm working for is more important than all that?

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Which you won't say. So you have your MO, you just refuse to tell it, you assure everyone you'll tell when this is all over with, you destroyed an inn, are going to steal someone's cat, stole a collar...God knows what else. There's little valid reasoning that could back this up, you realise.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know. However, since I know my own reasoning and why it would be incredibly damaging to reveal it, I can remain confident that it's worth it.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

You're lucky you're out of my jurisdiction, kid.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

So I am.

[angledtwat777.livejournal.com]

Though this makes me think of your world's police service on par with that of Gotham's.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

To be fair, off-world crimes aren't something that happens often.